Vermont rocks!
More than just maple syrup...they're True Patriots.
In the tiny Vermont burg of Brattleboro, community activists are seriously trying to pass a piece of local legislation that would arrest Cheney and Bush for war crimes...if they came to town.
In any case, it’s not likely to happen. As the article notes, Bush has never visited Vermont since taking office. And before he took office he never stepped foot outside the US...except to party in Mexico.
Anyway, I don't think towns have jurisdiction over war crimes.
Yeah, but still…wouldn’t it be fun?
Just imagine...if Bush/Cheney did go there just to see what would happen. Imagine Barney Fife and Sheriff Andy trying to arrest the POTUS....why, black helicopters would swoop down long before Barney ever found his bullet.
From yahoo.com: "President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes. A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont community.[..]"
Imagine if San Diego did it. No more military photo-ops!
Maybe we should all try this. Hell, who am I kidding? I am a Blue Lady who lives in Redneck-homa...where they still sport their Bush 04 bumper stickers proudly.
I understand those Vermonters and their frustration... what they're so het up about:
Our president pursued a war against a country that didn't attack us...a war that has claimed many precious American lives and untold innocent Iraqi lives.
Usurped over 1 trillion in tax dollars, and still requesting tens of billions more to fight this stalemate war.
Sold our soul to China.
Sent our economy into a terrible tailspin. The dollar is sinking in value...so much so that the Euro and Pound are worth more, and the Canadian dollar caught up with the US dollar for the first time since 1976... erasing 30 years of progress.
Bankrupted the next couple of generations with corrupt crony capitalist spending ...on work which never got done.
Broke our military in fiasco after mismanaged fiasco...and disrespected them when they came home wounded.
Cut the writ of habeas corpus off at the knees.
Turned the Dept of Justice into an arm of his political party.
Weakened our alliances and emboldened our enemies, and generally destroyed our standing in the world.
Created far more terrorists than he has stopped...even armed al Qaeda and various militias.
Allowed the emergence of a corporate privatized army to run roughshod all over Iraq without accountability.
There is more ...so much more.... he's the Britney Spears of presidents....
We could storm the White House with pitchforks and torches--but Blackwater probably wouldn't hesitate to fire into a crowd of enraged citizens.
